For the past 48 hours, Kyle Chalmers just wanted to go home. Instead, he went big, for an emotional triumph in the 100m freestyle, then celebrating with a ‘shoosh’ to those he feels have gone out of their way to rain on his parade. | Phil Lutton
. Instead, he went big, taking it coast-to-coast for an emotional triumph in the 100m freestyle, then celebrating with a ‘shoosh’ to those he feels have gone out of their way to rain on his parade.
Chalmers projects the image of the alpha athlete but the past few days have shown him to be anything but the unbreakable tip of the Australian swimming spear. He said he was almost reduced to tears when getting the race plan from longtime mentor Peter Bishop. The last image from the night will be of Chalmers holding his finger to his lips after he turned around to see his name flash up on top of the big screen. It was a pre-planned gesture, he confirmed, designed to not only silence any critics but reinforce the power of speaking out.
The Australian beat England’s Tom Dean and Scotland’s Duncan Scott but his next steps remain unclear.Now he’s a pin-up boy for the power of speaking out and the latest torchbearer for athletes ready to wear their mental health concerns like armour, continuing a movement that redefined the conversation at the Tokyo Olympics.
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